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Rip Those Macs Open
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Good catch, the guy says that he has the kit for the 21,5 as well.. and the price is reasonable as well.
According to the testing done by R.OG, the answer is no, the fan speed is not controlled by a sensor on the HD, so swapout of the HD will have no affect on fan speeds.
*rubs hands together* Cool. I'm seriously considering doing this now. Thanks everyone.
So the i7 found in the top end 27 incher is a 3770? That's an LGA1155 part. So, after the warranty expires what's the chances of slamming a Xeon in there? As long as the TDP is the same, I'd be in business, right?
So the i7 found in the top end 27 incher is a 3770? That's an LGA1155 part. So, after the warranty expires what's the chances of slamming a Xeon in there? As long as the TDP is the same, I'd be in business, right?
I'm pretty sure everyone here is ordering the mbpr blade ssds on ebay.
Does anyone know what the disk speeds / specs of the 756 blades are? as in this one.
mSata/Sata to custom Apple connector
Is there any adapter for connecting mSata or sata to the Apple custom connector? I think Apple's connector is a slightly modified mSata one...
Is there any adapter for connecting mSata or sata to the Apple custom connector? I think Apple's connector is a slightly modified mSata one...
That should work.
Or for more fun if you want Windows too ... put a Samsung 830 256GB SSD in there, partition it into 2 128GB drives, RAID-0 one of them with the blade SSD, and use the remaining 128GB (non-RAID) partition for BootCamp.
I am thinking of doing a video teardown of a 27 inch iMac when it finally arrives! I am at the back of the queue again now as I had to make some changes to my order. Are we still going to be having a sticky thread or sticky guide for various procedures on the iMac's. We have already got alot of good content on here that is starting to get hidden in the past.
Thumbs up for ssd install guides.
Thumbs up for ssd install guides.
That should work.
Or for more fun if you want Windows too ... put a Samsung 830 256GB SSD in there, partition it into 2 128GB drives, RAID-0 one of them with the blade SSD, and use the remaining 128GB (non-RAID) partition for BootCamp.
thanks for confirming it will work, but i have no interest in running windows on my mac thanks
So... There is hope after all !!! This is feasible. All we need is the pinout from the Apple custom slot to a mSata. R.OG is there any progress on this ?
Probably not, but imo this is a expensive machine so why not use the best memory available, they are just few bucks more
Don't take happyhacking's word for it, he really knows how to spend money on a machine ;-) If you are on a limited budget like me just go for second hand pulled genuine ram or get good priced well branded ram which is compatible with the iMac. The most important statistic is that it is 1600mhz.
In the end, I plumped for the higher end i5 iMac 21 inch. Just because the shop across the street from me had some in stock. Right now I'm booting it off a Corsair Neutron SSD in a USB3 caddy.
I'm planning to install the SSD, 16GB Kingston HyperX RAM and upgrade the CPU at a later date but so far running well.
I'm planning to install the SSD, 16GB Kingston HyperX RAM and upgrade the CPU at a later date but so far running well.
When you open it, will you note if there is a blade SSD connector inside? Early teardowns showed it was missing.